A Bright Winter's Morning
By Kate Middleton
after Walter Withers
Beyond white houses
The haze and frost of daybreak on the flats
In these morning hours a filtered light
Beyond a simple bridge
The well-trodden road beckons
While under the bridge, whisper of Yarra
In the shed perhaps work is starting
And on scuffed ground you push
Onward as though day never ended, dawned